100,000 new Somali refugees arrive in Ethiopia in the past month, UN and partners are calling for urgent funding
Joint Press Release As needs grow and refugees continue to arrive, UN agencies and partner organizations today appealed for US$116 million to provide life-saving assistance to Somali refugees seeking safety in an extremely remote area of Ethiopia’s Somali region....
UNHCR teams and partners rush assistance to some 100,000 newly arrived Somali refugees in hard-to-reach area of Ethiopia
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Representative in Ethiopia, Mamadou Dian Balde – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are scaling up in Ethiopia’s...
Kenya’s Dadaab camp swells with Somalis fleeing drought, conflict
Failed rains and lingering conflict have driven over 110,000 Somalis across the border in the last two years into Kenyan camps already struggling to cope with drought. By Moulid Hujale in Dadaab, Kenya | 28 February 2023 For much of her adult life, Shamsa Amin Ali...